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  • Short Summary

    School boy uses vintage Rolls Royce to deliver newspapers.

  • Description

    No 16 Caledonia Place, Bristol.

    Documentation on file.

    MS. Pan with Edwin Hopper leaving his house and getting into his 1929 Rolls Royce estate car. He checks oil etc. before climbing in. M.S. Edwin as he leaves newsagents shop with bag of papers and gets into Rolls and drives off. V.S. Edwin on his rounds. He has to cross Clifton Suspension Bridge. He delivers to all types of houses on his long drive. C.U. Sign 'Ashton Park Secondary School'. V.S. Edwin arriving at the school in his Rolls after picking up his sister (they are both 6th formers).

    (Orig. Neg.)

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    3178.05
    Media URN:
    89241
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathe
    Issue Date:
    1967
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:04:17:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:16:11:00 / 01:20:28:00
    Canister:
    UN 4252 D

Comments (2)

  1. jamied says

    "Rolls Royce estate car" - this car is likely, (though not certain), to be a Rolls Royce 20hp Shooting Brake.

  2. Brassman says

    This IS a 1929 RR 20 HP shooting brake. I own it and have done a full ground up frame off restoration completed in 2008. You may see details about the car and it's restoration at:

    http://www.rrocncr.net/technical/Gen36Resto/Gen36Resto.htm

    The car is in California. Subsequent to this 1967 movie, this chassis (GFN 72) broke down and the owner (Mr. Hopper Sr.) put the shooting brake coachwork onto 20 HP chassis (GEN36) and exported it to the USA in 1968. I bought it from the third USA owner in 1977.

    John Carey (JBCarey@sbcglobal.net)

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